John L. Garvey III

John L. Garvey III, 67 years old, passed away at home in Novato, California on March 19, 2013 surrounded by

family. John was born to the late Rosemary S. McEntee and

the late John L.

Garvey, Jr. of Stockton on March 23, 1945. John was a concert pianist who performed the great classical masterpieces by Tchaikovsky, Liszt, Chopin, Bach, and Scriabin to audiences across California; his favorite pianist was Vladimir Horowitz. John taught piano to students throughout Stockton. John was early recognized as a music prodigy and student of Russian Concert Maestro and former pianist of the San Francisco Symphony, Lev Shorr. John also was a painter and during his honorable tour of duty in the US Army, received a medal of distinction for having painted a mural on the walls of a military base in Texas. His oil paintings of coastal scenes along the Sonoma Coast also hang in private collections.